verb · intransitive · rare

flinch

flinch · flinches · flinched · flinching

здригнутися

вздрогнуть, вздрагивать, содрогнуться, содрогаться

zucken, wanken, sich entziehen, zurückschrecken

To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulusTo make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.

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/ˈflɪnt͡ʃ/

» I didn't flinch.

Я не відступив.

Meaning

3 senses

(intransitive)To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.
zucken, zurückzucken, zurückschrecken
вздра́гиватьvzdrágivatʹ, вздро́гнутьvzdrógnutʹ, содрога́тьсяsodrogátʹsja
здригну́тисяzdryhnútysja
To dodge (a question), to avoid an unpleasant task or duty
sich entziehen
увильнутьuvilʹnutʹ
To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.

More definitions

draw back, as with fear or pain

Examples

25 sentences

I didn't flinch.
Я не відступив. — deniko
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Tom didn't even flinch.
ruТом даже не вздрогнул. — odexed
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I saw you flinch.
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Tom didn't flinch.
ruТом не вздрогнул. — paul_lingvo
deTom wich nicht zurück. — stefz
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Tom never flinched.
deTom wich nie zurück. — wolfgangth
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus:

Русский

By meaning 2

to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus:

to avoid doing something momentarily:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus:

to avoid doing something momentarily:

Origin

From Middle French flenchir (“to bend”), from Old French flenchir, flanchir, from Frankish

From Middle French flenchir (“to bend”), from Old French flenchir, flanchir, from Frankish *hlankijan, from Proto-Germanic *hlankijaną (“to bend, twist, flex”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind”). Cognate with Old High German hlenken, whence Middle High German lenken (“to bend”), Modern German lenken (“to cause to veer or turn aside, steer”). Attested in English since the 16th century.

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